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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2018

Factors Affecting the Immunity to Respiratory Syncytial Virus: From Epigenetics to Microbiome.

Wendy Fonseca, Nicholas W Lukacs, Catherine Ptaschinski

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
48citing papers in PubMed
4.5field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

48 citing papers in PubMed, 61 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Early-life respiratory syncytial virus infection and asthma.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2026
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  10. [Differential Characteristics of Human Airway Organoids at Different Stages of Differentiation After Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection].Sichuan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Sichuan University. Medical science edition · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Wendy FonsecaDepartment of Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States.
Nicholas W LukacsDepartment of Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States.
Catherine PtaschinskiDepartment of Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States.
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor · US

Funding

The Role of C-C Chemokines in Eosinophil Airway InflammationR01AI036302 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI LUKACS, NICHOLAS W · 2001 to 2018
$5.6M
Autophagy regulation of RSV-induced pulmonary diseaseR01HL114858 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI LOMBARD, DAVID BENNER, LUKACS, NICHOLAS W · 2012 to 2019
$3.2M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL114858NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI036302
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a common pathogen that infects virtually all children by 2 years of age and is the leading cause of hospitalization of infants worldwide. While most children experience mild symptoms, some children progress to severe lower respiratory tract infection. Those children with severe disease have a much higher risk of developing childhood wheezing later in life. Many risk factors are known to result in exacerbated disease, including premature birth and early age of RSV infection, when the immune system is relatively immature. The development of the immune system before and after birth may be altered by several extrinsic and intrinsic factors that could lead to severe disease predisposition in children who do not exhibit any currently known risk factors. Recently, the role of the microbiome and the resulting metabolite profile has been an area of intense study in the development of lung disease, including viral infection and asthma. This review explores both known risk factors that can lead to severe RSV-induced disease as well as emerging topics in the development of immunity to RSV and the long-term consequences of severe infection.

Indexed as

ChildEpigenesis, GeneticGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenotypeHumansImmunity, InnateIncidenceMicrobiotaRespiratory Syncytial Virus, HumanRespiratory Syncytial Virus InfectionsRisk FactorsSeverity of Illness Indexepigeneticsmetabolitesmicrobiomeneonatal immunityrespiratory syncytial virus

Identifiers

PMID29515570
PMCPMC5825926
OpenAlexW2789414316

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